Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania
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Sweet Valley is an unincorporated community in Ross Township, Luzerne County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.{{GNIS|1189174}}
History
A post office called Sweet Valley has been in operation since 1847.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=PA&county=Luzerne&searchtext=&pagenum=14 | title=Luzerne County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=12 February 2015}} Josiah Ruggles was the first postmaster, and the community's first merchant.{{cite book|last=Bradsby|first=Henry C.|title=History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania: With Biographical Selections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4BkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA642|year=1893|publisher=S. B. Nelson|page=642}}
Gallery
File:Sweet Valley, PA.jpg|A view of Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania, about 1930
File:North Lake, PA.jpg|A view of North Lake, Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania, about 1940
File:Church in Sweet Valley 4.JPG|Church in Sweet Valley in 2009
File:Main Road in Sweet Valley.JPG|Main Road in Sweet Valley in 2015
File:Harris Pond in April (3).JPG|A View of Harris Pond in 2015
References
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{{Luzerne County, Pennsylvania}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Category:Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
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